The DeKalb/Cannon Farm Service Agency staff will be in Woodbury at the Cannon County USDA Service Center on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The staff will be onsite to take crop acreage reports for hay and pasture, and any other perennial grasses. Beginning with crop year 2017, the acreage reporting date for perennial grasses, including hay and pasture crops, is November 15, 2016.
Donny Green, County Executive Director for the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency, says that this new acreage reporting deadline came with short notice, and he and his staff want to do everything possible to accommodate and assist producers of hay and pasture crops in getting their acreage reports filed timely. In past years, crop acreage reports for hay and pasture had to be filed by July 15. However, the new Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) has established a common USDA framework for acreage reporting dates to be used for all agencies.
In order to participate in most of the Farm Service Agency’s programs, complete and timely crop acreage reports must be filed for program approval and payment eligibility. Green says that’s why his office feels it’s vitally important that hay and pasture producers take advantage of this opportunity to come to the Woodbury office on November 9 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. to file their crop acreage reports for hay and pasture before the November 15, 2016 deadline. The office is located at 740 Old McMinnville Rd., Woodbury, TN.
If you cannot visit the office in Woodbury on November 9, you can visit the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency located in Smithville USDA Service Center Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The office staff can also assist by taking your information by phone and mailing your crop acreage report for your signature by the November 15 deadline. If you have questions, please contact the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency at 615-597-8225, Ext. 2.
